The crowd was protesting India’s decision to revoke Kashmir’s special status and impose a communications blackout. Some protesters scuffled with police, and four were arrested.
SRINAGAR, India — Voters lined up outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region that has grappled with years of militant violence. The nine million registered voters are choosing members for the region’s 90-seat legislature in the three-phase election. Votes will be counted on Oct. 8 and results are expected the same day. “I gave my vote for development.
Last year, the Supreme Court upheld the government’s decision and set a deadline of Sept. 30 this year for local polls to be held. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led government has said that revoking the region’s special status restored normalcy in the area and helped its development. “As the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections begins, I urge all ... to vote in large numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy,” Modi said on X.
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